Pocket-article guard.



s. KORE.- POCKET ARTICLE GUARD.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.2, 190B. RENEWED SEPT. 14, 1909.

955,596, Patented Apr 19,1910.

I W k Q9 1, Sivan @7% "Q7 5 SAMUEL KORF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POCKET-ARTICLE GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Application filed January 2, 1908, Serial No. 408,926. Renewed September14, 1909. SerialNo. 517,746.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Konr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Article Guards,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pocket article guards, and its object is toprovide a device adapted to be employed in connection with watches toprevent the surreptitious removal of the article from the pocket of thewearer and it aims to obtain an exceedingly simple and inexpensiveconstruction of such device, and which will be effective in projectingthe catch-members into the garment without danger of the binding of themoving parts.

To these ends my invention is embodied in preferable form in the devicehereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of thedevicetFig. 2 is a similar view showing the catch-prongs projected; Fig.3, is a cross section on line XX of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a detail planof the catch prongs showing the same spread out.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of the swivel which is adaptedto be employed in the usual fashion to connect a chain with a watch orother article held in the pocket of the wearer. This body is hollow andat one end thereof is provided with an open cup-shaped boss 2. To thecircumferential edge of this projecting boss is fixed a hook 3 of theusual form, for engaging the ring of the watch or other article.

boss and the main part of the body of the ard, is an interior shoulder4, preferably firmed by the greater curve at which the shell of the bossmeets the main part of the body. Held within the body and adapted, whenin retracted position, to bear against the shoulder 4, are prongedcatch-members comprising horizontal arms 5, and arms 6, extendingsubstantially perpendicularly therefrom. The arms 6 are provided attheir ends with piercing prongs 7, designed to enter the cloth of thepocket when, projected. In the wall of the body 1 are apertures 8through which the prongs are projected. There are two of thecatch-members, independent of one another and both At the junction ofthe inner end of the loosely mounted within the body. Each horizontalarm 5, of each catch, is formed at its inner end with a semi-circularlip 9, and the lips of the two members extend into juxtaposition so asto form a circular lip or plate with a central circular aperture 10.Through this aperture 10 loosely projects a rod 11, having at its innerend, beyond the catch members, an escutcheon or head 12. In the oppositedirection, the rod extends through the body and one end projects outsideof the same, and is then provided with a ring 13, to which a suitablechain or cord is designed to be secured. Surrounding the rod 11, andconfined between thelip portions of the catch-members and the oppositeend of the body of the guard, is a spiral spring 14, which serves tonormally keep the catch members pressed against the shoulder 4, and

thus hold the prongs in retracted 'position' within the body of theguard.

To remove the watch or other article from the pocket, the guard itselfis grasped so as to prevent any pull on the rod. Upon an attempt toabstract the article by pulling on the chain or other attaching meansconnected to ring 13, to which is secured the rod 11, the head orescutcheon 12 of the rod will be pulled inward against the lips of thecatch members and the prongs of the latter, owing to the curvature ofthe wall of the body 1, will be forced out through the apertures in thebody and pierce the cloth of the pocket thereby preventing thewithdrawal of the article.

With a guard constructed in accordance with my invention, not only isthe necessity of employing rivets to connect the rocking prongsobviated, but a long guard-body is avoided owing to the short movementof the catches and the danger of the arms binding or catching inthe bodyprevented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A ard for pocketarticles having a hollow ody, apertures in said body a loosely mountedcatch device having independent prong members adapted to be pro- .jectedthrough the apertures in said'body,

a rod surrounded by said prong members, a head on said rod, a shoulderformed within the hollow body, said loosely mounted prongmembers adaptedto be seated on said shoulder and on the head of the independent rod,said prong members adapted to be tilted and projected through theapertures in the body by contact with the head of the independent rod,when the rod is actuated, substantially as described.

2. A guard for pocket articles having a hollow body and catch-membersfreely and independently mounted within the same a longitudinallyslidable rod unconnected with said members in said body, a springpressing said catch members, said members having arms with which the rodis adapted to contact and other arms at an angle thereto having prongsand adapted to be projected through apertures in said body,substantially as. described.

3. A guard for pocket articles having a hollow body, two independentcatch members each having an integral semi-circular lip, thecircumference of each lip being such that the rod will be entirelysurrounded by the two lips, whereby the catch members will be held in aposition directly opposite the openings in the body, a slidable rodextending loosely between said lips'and having a head to contacttherewith, means on said rod to engage an attaching device, and a sprinpressing against the catch members, su stantially as described.

4. A guard for pocket articles" having a hollow body, said body havingan interior shoulder, rocking catch-members within the body and havingarms adapted to bear against said shoulder and other arms at an angle tothe first named arms and adapted to be projected through apertures inthe body, a spring to press said members against the shoulder, and anactuating rod having means to contact with said members and having meansto engage a connecting device, substantially as described. 7

5. A guard for pocket articles having a hollow body and having anextension projecting therefrom and providing a shoulder at its junctionwith the body, catch-members having arms bearing against said shoulderand having semi-circular lips and having other arms substantiallyperpendicular to the first arms, said latter arms adapted to be;projected through apertures in the body, a rod passing between thesemi-circular lips and havlng a head beyond the same, a springsurrounding said rod and bearing against said members, said rodextending outside of the body and there provided with means to engage anattaching device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL Koar.

Witnesses BERNARD ROTHSOHILD, NELLIE BRIGGS.

